Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 273 - 71 Chen Lingyun Continues to Stir Things Up
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The Runescript’s restoration effect was quick, so Chen Lingyun herself wasn’t seriously harmed, and she was transferred to a hospital in Jinling Prefecture to continue her follow-up observations.
Once everyone returned home, they learned that Su Yunjin was still collecting snow water in the Western Regions, which again made them sigh with emotion.
"Yun Jin has already started on the path of Tao Transformation, huh?" Lin Ning badgered Yan Yu, asking, "What about me? Shouldn’t you find me a sword technique now?"
"Here, take this." Yan Yu handed something over nonchalantly.
"Oh." Lin Ning took the cellphone, then realized, "Why are you giving me a cellphone?"
"Memo." Yan Yu said.
Upon opening the memo app, Lin Ning saw that it contained two notes, one on the Kunlun Imperial Sword Technique and the other on the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step.
The academy’s archives hard drive had been blown up by Immortal Venerate Xie of the Nine Heavens Thunder Method, and it couldn’t be recovered in a short time, so Yan Yu had to rely on his memory impression from previously viewing the Jade Slip to roughly write out two notes for Lin Ning to study in advance.
"Isn’t this a violation of the confidentiality agreement?" Lin Ning asked seriously, frowning.
Answer-focused little sister indeed had different concerns from ordinary people, but Yan Yu was prepared and replied,
"Yes, so memorize it quickly and then delete it. Every second you delay increases the risk of a leak."
"Right away!" Lin Ning hurriedly ran to her room with the cellphone.
"What about me?" Chen Lingyun imitated Lin Ning’s tone, smilingly said. Enjoy more content from novelbuddy
"We’ll talk about that after you’re discharged." Yan Yu brushed her off.
"Is Xie Ruoxi’s Thunder Method really that powerful?" Chen Lingyun suddenly changed the subject and asked telepathically, "Even Flying Swords can’t resist it?"
"It depends on the grade of the Flying Sword," Yan Yu replied, "But, yes, it’s very strong."
"If that’s the case, we need to think of a way to tie her to the Zhenhai Team," Chen Lingyun spoke softly, "Otherwise, if she becomes a renegade cultivator, that’s too dangerous."
"I’ve made contact with her brother." Yan Yu responded calmly, "Her family seems to be the honest and upright rural type. As long as the money is right and the reputation is good, everything should be negotiable."
"That’s not enough," pondered Chen Lingyun for a moment, then said, "Do you think she’s pretty?"
"The foundation is not bad I guess, what about it?"
"Let’s include her in the harem," Chen Lingyun said with a smile.
"First, there’s no such thing as a harem," Yan Yu clarified after a moment of silence, "Second, you can’t expect a marriage without feelings to hold someone down."
"A marriage without feelings isn’t reliable," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "But what if there are feelings?"
"You think I can train feelings into her by being harsh all the time?" Yan Yu interrupted bluntly, not taking the idea seriously, "Stop messing around, if you’re really looking for fun, go find your Sister Zhao."
"Humph," Chen Lingyun, seeing he didn’t want to discuss the topic, tactfully said no more but slightly narrowed her eyes, concealing the amusement in her gaze.
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It was now nine o’clock in the evening. The evening on the team’s schedule was "free time", so everyone was busy with their own things.
Yan Yu sat on the sofa, somewhat bored, watching TV and occasionally looking down to play with his phone.
Zhao Yuanzhen was next to him, intently clipping her toenails. Although the posture was indecorous, her toes were indeed round and cute, which Yan Yu found tolerable.
Lin Ning was holed up in her room, diligently studying the sword techniques and footwork given by Yan Yu. A quizzer’s habit was to memorize first, understand slowly, and then practice by hand.
Xie Ruoxi, on the other hand, was in the study, watching anime on her computer. Every so often, she burst into naive laughter – for her, immersing herself in the beautiful world of anime was probably one of the few leisurely pastimes that allowed her to forget, momentarily, that she had to continue enduring beatdowns the next day.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door from outside.
"Who is it?" Xie Ruoxi asked crisply.
"It’s me." Chen Lingyun’s voice sounded.
"Please come in." Xie Ruoxi quickly got up to invite Chen Lingyun in, and hurriedly pulled out a chair from behind her.
Her attitude towards Chen Lingyun was quite peculiar; on one hand, she very much wanted to get closer, yet on the other, she felt somewhat unworthy. Especially after hearing about Chen Lingyun’s family background, Xie Ruoxi felt an urge to worship her... no, she was driven to improve herself.
"Are you watching an anime?" Chen Lingyun sat down and asked as she looked at the computer screen.
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"Ahahaha, just bored and randomly checking it out." Xie Ruoxi reflexively tried to hide her identity as an avid anime fan without considering whether it could actually be concealed.
"Do you mind if I watch with you?" Chen Lingyun said with a smile.
"Not at all, not at all!" Xie Ruoxi quickly made room for her.
Chen Lingyun calmly turned towards the screen.
The anime was called "Crimson at Noon," a story about Earth’s primordial clock exploding, scattering each hour into the human realm and parasitizing inside a beautiful girl; then the deity Kami forces the reluctant male protagonist to romance these girls, stripping the parasitic hours from deep within their hearts to restore the clock to its original state.
The art style was quite good, but the plot was so-so.
The male protagonist was a classic Rei cherry-style herbivore man; even though he was coerced by the deity to find the heroines and woo them, he couldn’t help himself and got too involved in the act. To Chen Lingyun, it seemed pretty stupid.
If she were writing the script, it would feature the male lead sweet-talking the heroine and breaking down her defenses, then coldly breaking up with her after retrieving the parasitic hour, all while watching her sadness, rage or even corruption unfold... Extreme plots had sufficient tension. What’s the point of getting too real in a fake scenario?
Remove the "twelve hours" premise, and the story doesn’t feel inconsistent at all.
After patiently finishing the episode, Chen Lingyun commented,
"The art is pretty good."
"Yeah, this production team is quite established. They usually ensure quality," Xie Ruoxi happily agreed, "unlike certain groups next door that slash the budget as soon as the ratings dip and then the quality drops to abstract art."
I have something in common with Lingyun, yay!
"But this... pure love harem, that’s what this genre is called, right?" Chen Lingyun continued, "It’s my first time watching this kind of plot, and I find it a bit strange and uncomfortable."
"Uh, ahahaha." Xie Ruoxi giggled awkwardly, "That’s true, but there’s no need to look for reality in a fictional world, right? As long as the art is beautiful, the plot interesting, and full of jokes, logical consistency isn’t that important~"
I was wrong. Lady Lingyun is a normie far beyond the reach of us otakus. I shouldn’t have deluded myself into thinking we could be close friends.
"Maybe," Chen Lingyun said nonchalantly, "Ruoxi, if you were one of the female leads in this, would you like a guy who was gentle but completely useless otherwise?"
"Uh, I usually project myself onto the male lead..." Xie Ruoxi thought for a moment, then tilted her head and said, "Although in anime, I can tolerate the kind, harmless puppy male lead. But in the real world, I’d definitely go for someone who is shrewd and capable, someone who can provide a girl with a sense of security."
"I see," Chen Lingyun nodded, "a guy like Yan Yu, then?"
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"Yes, like Yan Yu," Xie Ruoxi thought the team captain was indeed shrewd and capable, and certainly strong enough to protect her...
...Huh?
"Err, err, err, I don’t mean that I like Yan Yu," she finally caught on and quickly defended herself, "The captain is indeed shrewd and strong, but he has a terrible personality! He’s not considerate to women at all! He enjoys bullying me all the time! I’m not a masochist, how could I possibly fall for him?"
Of course, if he were to forcefully pursue me, with an aggressive romance, it’s not like I would be able to outright refuse... Xie Ruoxi added softly in her mind.
"I understand," Chen Lingyun said with a slight smile, "so if he pursued you aggressively, then it wouldn’t count as you liking him on your own initiative, right?"
Xie Ruoxi was speechless, Lingyun, can you read minds?
"My understanding," Chen Lingyun said beamingly, "is that Yan Yu fits the criteria you have for a partner, but because he’s usually not nice to you, you haven’t considered him in that way. But if he changed his attitude towards you, that would be a different story, wouldn’t it?"
"I’m not..." Xie Ruoxi stuttered in denial, and even she felt it was weak.
Chen Lingyun gracefully stood up, winked at her, and said,
"Just kidding~ Ruoxi, you don’t actually like him, I could tell from the start."
"Yeah, yeah..."
"I’ll be going now, let’s watch an anime together again sometime."
Chen Lingyun left after pushing the door open; Xie Ruoxi sat silently in front of the computer, her mind teeming with chaotic, complex thoughts.
Really, don’t like him...?
If there really were no feelings for Yan Yu, how could she have responded to his message after just one encounter and traveled all the way to Jinling Prefecture to find him?
Xie Ruoxi remembered when she was young, watching A Chinese Odyssey with her brother on television. What struck her most was Zi Xia Fairy saying, "My ideal man will be a great hero who comes to me on a magic cloud."
Since then, she too often fantasized in the dead of night about a great hero arriving on a colorful cloud to whisk her away from her poor, backward village to a thriving, bustling city, to live a luxurious and exciting life.
But...
I never imagined that after the great hero jumped down from the colorful cloud, he would shove his Golden Cudgel into my hand and force me to learn how to ride the clouds too...
